WSOP Academy Participant Sally Boyer Wins the Ladies World
Championship Event at the 2007 World Series of Poker

From Poker Camp to World Champ, Sally Boyer of Midway, Utah,
Outlasts the Largest Field Ever Assembled for a Ladies Poker
Tournament to Capture a Gold Bracelet and $262,077 First-Place Prize

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - June 12, 2007 - Just a few days ago Sally Boyer
of Midway, Utah, was one of 100 or so poker students at the World
Series of Poker Academy Ladies Event, the first ever instructional
poker camp held exclusively for women. Tonight, Boyer is in a class
of her own after outlasting the largest field ever assembled for a
ladies poker tournament--1,286 players--to capture the title of
Ladies World Champion at the 2007 World Series of Poker at the Rio
All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Boyer, who has been playing poker for only a year, fought her way
through a massive field over the past three days that included many
of the best female poker players in the world, including Jennifer
Tilly, Kathy Liebert, Susie Isaacs, Isabelle Mercier, Clonie Gowen,
Shannon Elizabeth, Erica Schoenberg, Barbara Enright and last year's
champion Mary Jones. With play down to just nine women today, Boyer
started fifth in chips at a final table that included veteran
cardplayers Vanessa Selbst and Katja Thater, but the semi-retired
businesswoman overcame any deficit in chips or experience to take
home the coveted champion's bracelet and the $262,077 first-place prize.

Leading up to the start of the tournament on Sunday, Boyer attended
the first-ever WSOP Academy Ladies Event, held at Caesars Las Vegas
on Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, where she and more than 100
other women received world-class instruction from WSOP bracelet
winner Annie Duke, acclaimed poker instructor Alex Outhred, Internet
poker phenom Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, female poker professional
Karina Jett and poker tells expert Joe Navarro.

The event also held a poker tournament on its first night in which
the top 10 finishers each received a seat to the $1,000 buy-in Ladies
World Championship event. After failing to finish in the top ten, the
disappointed but determined Boyer went back to her hotel room that
evening to study her WSOP Academy courseware rather than hitting the
Vegas strip with other participants. The following day, once camp was
wrapped, Boyer played in a 50-plus person poker tournament at the
Golden Nugget and won the event to pocket $1,100 in cash. Using the
winnings to buy into the World Series of Poker tournament the next
day, Boyer has now parlayed her winnings and the knowledge she gained
from the WSOP Academy into a once-in-a-lifetime moment she will never
forget.

While Boyer's victory was unsurpassed, she was not the only WSOP
Academy participant who made the most of her poker camp experience.
Four other camp participants finished in the money in the Ladies
World Championship event, including Cydnie Joy of Scottsdale, Ariz.
(21st place - $7,256), Dana Reutter of Lewis Center, Ohio (30th -
$6,202), Colette Ward of British Columbia (41st - $5,266), and
Michele Lewis of Houston, Texas (60th - $3,686).

The WSOP Academy will hosts its next event, the Main Event Primer, at
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, starting July 3 and ending July 5 - on
the eve of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. Spaces are
still available for the comprehensive, three-day poker school that is
specifically designed to prepare participants for the WSOP Main
Event, poker's richest and most prestigious competition. On hand as
instructors will be an unprecedented team of world class instructors,
including past Main Event Champions Phil Hellmuth, Greg Raymer and
Joe Hachem, multiple WSOP-bracelet winners Mark Seif and Scott
Fischman, Joe Navarro and many, many more.

At the end of the first day of the Main Event Primer, participants
will receive VIP treatment at an exclusive Opening Night Party at
PURE nightclub in Caesars Palace. The second day of the Academy will
be capped with a private tournament where participants will battle it
out for a $10,000 seat to the WSOP Main Event and other prizes. On
the final day, another $10,000 seat to the Main Event will be given
away in a shootout tournament. Finally, on the closing night, a
special banquet will be held that will include the final table of the
first tournament, taking place on stage under the lights and cameras
for all to watch.